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Acadiana News Updates

Lawmaker delays vote on bill to ban vaccination inquires amid a flurry of questions

BY MARK BALLARD | Capitol Bureau editor

It was what followed “but” in sentences his Republican colleagues started with florid descriptions of their support that led state Rep. Larry Bagley to temporarily pull his bill to make a crime out of discriminating against people unvaccinated for COVID-19. Read more

In first initiative of its kind, LPSS to extend school Wi-Fi to 1,100 student homes in Lafayette

BY KATIE GAGLIANO | Staff writer

The Lafayette Parish School Board and Link & Learn, LLC, an initiative born from Love Our Schools’ work, have partnered to expand filtered, educational Wi-Fi service to roughly 1,100 students in neighborhoods on Lafayette’s northside. Read more

Friends of Lafayette Public Library raise $1 million, semi-annual book sale continues

BY CLAIRE TAYLOR | Staff writer

The Friends of the Lafayette Public Library, through its semi-annual book sales and donations, has reached its goal of donating more than $1 million to support the Lafayette Parish public library system. Read more

 
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Lafayette Parish grand jury returns second-degree murder indictments

Staff report

A Lafayette Parish grand jury on Thursday returned a second-degree murder indictment against Lawrence Lynell Hunter. Read more

40 years later, Louisiana agrees to pay $100 million in I-12 flooding lawsuit

BY MARK BALLARD | Capitol Bureau editor

Louisiana’s highest court says the state owes them nearly $360 million, no question, because of shoddy engineering during the building of Interstate 12 that caused massive flooding after the heavy rains of 1983. Read more

Lafayette beats St. Martin Parish to court with lawsuit over spoil bank removal

BY CLAIRE TAYLOR | Staff writer

Lafayette made a preemptive legal strike over removal of a spoil bank levee, suing St. Martin Parish and the Corps of Engineers before St. Martin Parish could sue Lafayette. Read more

 
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